Jim

My day was open, so I put in a lot of work on the van. I started by test fitting the microwave into the cabinet that I installed into the van yesterday. I was concerned about how big that cabinet was and how it would block my view of the galley counter. After putting in […]

A beautiful day for working on the van. I started out by installing the microwave cabinet into the van with help from Elizabeth. It sticks out from the wall a little farther than I would like, but I’m going to let it go for now. It’s really solid in there. You could hang from it.

Took yesterday off for my anniversary and today I was tied up most of the day and didn’t get to start working on the van until 3:30 in the afternoon. I was able to pick up some aluminum extrusion fasteners from the Grainger warehouse in Charlotte this morning, so I’m back in business for working

I was busy most of the day and didn’t get to work on the van until after 3:00. But I still put in almost three hours. I started by gluing the second, and last, piece of backsplash onto the countertop. The first piece held great with just glue, so I think that is all I’ll

It was beautiful weather today and I was able to spend some more time on the van. I am very low on fasteners for the aluminum extrusions, so I was focused today on tasks that didn’t require any of these fasteners. I began by working on the last two wall panels. I cut out the

Took yesterday and most of today off for some family visitors and some personal stuff. I didn’t get started working on the van today until 3:30. But it was a cool and overcast day, so I didn’t want it to go to waste. I started by cutting the hole in the butcher block counter for

I put two coats of the finishing oil on the top and sides of the butcher block counter yesterday. This morning I put a first coat on the bottom. I’ll put a second coat on the bottom before I go to bed tonight. I also put a coat of Minwax paste on the three boards

I worked some more on the galley this morning. I cut out six wood panels for around, and inside, the galley fabrication out of Baltic Birch plywood. I used 3/4″ for the two panels that were around the sliding door and 1/2″ for the rest of the panels. Here is what the panels looked like

I was too busy yesterday to work on the van, but I was back at it today (even though I didn’t have a lot of time). My focus was on creating the galley for the van. I used my detailed plan to cut the aluminum extrusion pieces that I needed. Then I drilled holes and

The wire lugs that I needed arrived last night. So, today I created the last two wires that I needed to connect power to my electrical system. I flipped the big red switch to turn the sytem on, and it worked!! Super excited!! I checked out all the electrical devices, and they all worked. The